Having Adamu as Chairman of APC and Omisore as Secretary is double tragedy – Lukman

Having Senator Abdullahi Adamu serve as National Chairman of the party and Senator Iyiola Omisore serve as National Secretary has been referred to as a double tragedy that has befallen the ruling party by Dr. Salihu Lukman, who is the National Vice Chairman, North West, of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lukman is speaking on behalf of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a statement that was released on Wednesday, Lukman claimed that Adamu, with the assistance of Omisore, had ensured that all of the other higher organs of the party had been deactivated, with the exception of the National Working Committee (NWC).

He emphasized that the case of the NWC, was more a case of spoon-feeding members with information that was convenient for them, and he added that where challenged, such as was the case with the court case aimed at restoring constitutional order in the party, the National Legal Adviser, Barr. Ahmed El-Marzuq, became handy with spurious legal interpretations, which are anything but legal and devoid of any logic.

According to him, “It is already a tragedy that two people who are undeniably committed to conservatism will be given the task of leading the APC as National Chairman and National Secretary.” How is it possible for a party that has a reputation for being progressive to experience such a setback?

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Lukman made the accusation that Adamu and Omisore were spreading extreme ethnic Northern arguments in opposition to the zoning decisions that had been approved by the NWC of the party.

He pointed out that a part of the test would be whether President Bola Tinubu, having agreed together with the APC NWC on the zoning formula for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, would just sit and watch conservative right-wing elements within the APC use Northern ethnic arguments to mobilize for the defeat of endorsed APC candidates for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. Having agreed together with the APC NWC on the zoning formula for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, he

Lukman continued by saying, “The same conservative bloc is now spewing up hardcore ethnic Northern arguments against the zoning decisions approved by the NWC following the outcome of consultations between Sen. Abdullahi Adamu’s team leading the NWC team and President Tinubu.” As if those consultations were not intended to result in agreements, once the NWC approved the recommendation for zoning the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, instead of acting as the National Chairman and facilitating the implementation of decisions made by organs of the party, is acting as a factional leader opposing the decision made by the NWC.

He made the observation that rather than working towards the success of the decision of the NWC by activating meetings of higher organs of the party to confer more legitimacy to the decision of the NWC, Adamu seems to be more interested in ensuring that the 2015 model of rebellious leadership emerges in the 10th National Assembly. He said this was evidenced by the fact that Adamu did not activate meetings of higher organs of the party to confer more legitimacy to the decision of the NWC.